--- title: "RT4A This Is Not A Tender World" description: "This Is Not A Tender World, 2021: an rt4a painting on hessian in the childlike aesthetics of Lily van der Stokker, paired with a song of the same name." canonical: https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world type: CreativeWork year: 2021 updated: "2026-09-26T22:46:57+00:00" image: https://freight.cargo.site/w/2000/h/2000/q/75/i/A1339867511416032685886015538603/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-010-5x.png license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --- # RT4A This Is Not A Tender World RT4A This Is Not A Tender World This Is Not A Tender World 2021 Acrylic on hessian canvas 31 x 124 x 5 cm RT4A2103 Courtesy of the artist Audio rt4a, This Is Not A Tender World , 2022, 02’27” ©rt4a Apple Music Spotify Tidal Bandcamp SoundCloud YouTube This is not a Tender World engenders a sense of nostalgia by employing the childlike aesthetics synonymous with Lily van der Stokker’s works. Stokker, renowned for her enlarged pastel installations that play with societal norms, nudges viewers to confront the disparity between childhood naiveté and the often stark realities of adulthood. Suspended amidst waves of green and blue, the sentence appears almost ethereal – lost in a cloud between terrestrial grasslands and the expanse of an azure sky. The colour palette, reminiscent of innocence and infantile daydreams, is deliberately discordant with the jarring reality enunciated by the phrase itself. Rendered in the Croissant font by Philip Kelly (1978), it evokes a bygone era. The typographic choice is laden with cultural significance, harking back to the first Purple Prose issues helmed by Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm in the 1990s. The accompanying song, drenched in the melancholic tonalities of post-punk, becomes an audible manifestation of the painting’s sentiment. Index ## Images ![This is Not a Tender World 2021 Acrylic on Hessian Canvas 31 X 124 X 5 Cm Rt4a2103 Courtesy of the Artist - rt4a This is Not a Tender World 5x](https://freight.cargo.site/w/2000/h/2000/q/75/i/A1339867511416032685886015538603/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-010-5x.png) ![rt4a Apple Music This is Not a Tender World](https://freight.cargo.site/w/843/h/1500/q/75/i/P1351019775880031127454812734891/rt4a-Apple-Music-This-is-not-a-tender-world.png) ![rt4a Spotify This is Not a Tender World](https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/h/1599/q/75/i/H1351019776175179032634165560747/rt4a-Spotify-This-is-not-a-tender-world.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World 5x](https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/h/800/q/75/i/S1339867511434479429959725090219/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-020-5x.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World 5x](https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/h/800/q/75/i/T1339867757071323515476114408875/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-040-5x.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World 5x](https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/h/800/q/75/i/F1339867511471372918107144193451/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-050-5x.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World 5x](https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/h/800/q/75/i/D1339867511452926174033434641835/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-030-5x.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/h/700/q/75/i/T1339875663474960715905903887787/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-02.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/B1339875663825448853306385368491/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-03.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/L1339875663843895597380094920107/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-05.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/W1339875663862342341453804471723/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-06.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/Z1339875663880789085527514023339/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-09.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/h/700/q/75/i/B1339875663899235829601223574955/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-10.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/P1339875663917682573674933126571/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-11.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/B1339875663936129317748642678187/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-12.png) ![rt4a This is Not a Tender World Archive](https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/h/500/q/75/i/X1339875663954576061822352229803/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-Archive-13.png) ## Related pages - [Index](https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-index) ## Structured data ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Arthur Fouray Systems", "item": "https://arthurfouray.systems/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "rt4a", "item": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "RT4A This Is Not A Tender World", "item": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world" } ] }, { "@type": "CreativeWork", "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world#webpage", "url": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world", "name": "RT4A This Is Not A Tender World", "description": "This Is Not A Tender World, 2021: an rt4a painting on hessian in the childlike aesthetics of Lily van der Stokker, paired with a song of the same name.", "inLanguage": "en", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/#website" }, "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world#breadcrumb" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world#image" }, "creator": { "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/#arthur-fouray" }, "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/", "dateCreated": "2021" }, { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://arthurfouray.systems/rt4a-this-is-not-a-tender-world#image", "contentUrl": "https://freight.cargo.site/w/2000/h/2000/q/75/i/A1339867511416032685886015538603/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-010-5x.png", "url": "https://freight.cargo.site/w/2000/h/2000/q/75/i/A1339867511416032685886015538603/RT4A-This-Is-Not-A-Tender-World-010-5x.png" } ] } ```